Michael Mante

Michael Mante is a writer/director from Bedford, Bedfordshire looking to tell poignant and relatable stories through the gift of cinema.

“I didn’t go to film school, but I got my education through watching hundreds, maybe thousands of films (US, domestic and foreign), specifically taking a liking to the films of Michelangelo Antonioni, Edward Yang, Akira Kurosawa and Paul Thomas Anderson. I also read a mass of screenplays and still do, trying to figure out what it is about films that makes them tick. I have so far tried to apply some of these practices in the things I’ve written and made so far and am still in the process of refining myself as a filmmaker. I’ve got a couple of short films which I’ve yet to completely put together and put out there but each has served as a learning curve, along with the short art film (Body Language) I did tackling identity and race with C4 Random Acts. This short film had a few cinema screenings and was part of the official selection at the 2018 London Short Film Festival which was a good experience for me.”

Michael has recently completed early treatment development stage with a feature film thanks to funding and support from the BFI. He’s has now completed his BFI NETWORK supported short film Sandpaper.

Michael mentored Chris Jae Brown on his film, 6.03.